Where does “echo” come from?

Echo derives from Middle English eccho, from Latin echo, from Ancient Greek ἠχή (ēkhḗ), meaning sound or voice, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European sweh₂gʰ-.

echo (English): A reflected sound that is heard again by its...

Definitions

  1. A reflected sound that is heard again by its...

Ancestry of “echo”, step by step

echo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English ecco

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglisheccoAlternative form of eccho
2Medieval Latinecco
3Latinechoecho
4Ancient GreekἨχώsound; a nymph in Greek mythology
5Ancient Greekἠχήsound, noise
6Proto-Hellenic*wākʰā́

via Middle English eccho

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishecchoEchoing, reverberation; A favourable response...
Every word from Proto-Hellenic *wākʰā́